Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Farmers applaud decision to reduce farm sizes Chronicle 19/2/2020 Patrick Chitumba/Mthabisi Tshuma, Business reporters FARMERS have welcomed Government’s decision to implement the maximum farm size policy in line with climatic conditions in the country’s five agro-ecological regions. In taking the decision, Government expects the move to ensure more people have access to the land …
UPDATED: One percent inflows in Bulawayo dams Chronicle 19/2/2020 Mr Christopher Dube Michell Zvanyanya, Chronicle Reporter BULAWAYO water supply dams have recorded a one percent increase in capacity following rains received last week. In a statement, Bulawayo Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, said the minimal inflows were received in Upper Ncema, Inyankuni and Umzingwane …
Millers ‘smuggle’ maize out of the country Chronicle 19/2/2020 SMALL and medium scale millers yesterday accused bigger industry players of abusing the Government maize subsidy scheme by smuggling the commodity out of the country. Late last year, the Government introduced a subsidy on roller meal to cushion citizens from the increasing cost of the …
Can joint ventures and sub-letting unleash Zimbabwe’s agricultural potential? 0 February 18, 2020 7:42 AM Source: Can joint ventures and sub-letting unleash Zimbabwe’s agricultural potential? | zimbabweland The under-performance of parts of Zimbabwe’s agricultural sector continues. This mostly applies to large estates and some medium-scale farms that were reallocated under the fast-track land reform as A2 resettlement farms. …
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Tanganda production declines Herald 18/2/2020 Tanganda Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter Zimbabwe’s largest grower and producer of tea and coffee, Tanganda Tea Company Limited – a subsidiary of Meikles Limited – reported a decline in bulk tea production during the quarter and nine months to December 31, 2019 due to erratic power supplies that affected …
82 arrested for wildlife crimes, 17 pangolins recovered Herald 18/2/2020 Crime Reporter At least 82 people were arrested last year while police recovered 17 pangolins and over 1 000kg of pangolin scales, as the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) declares war on wildlife crimes. During the same period, ZRP handled 40 cases and of the …
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Nzenza hails Irvine’s Zim Herald 18/2/2020 Industry and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza addresses Derbyshire Primary School children at Irvines Zimbabwe Private Limited company in Harare yesterday. — Picture: Innocent Makawa Cletus Mushanawani and Nesia Mhaka INDUSTRY and Commerce Minister, Sekesai Nzenza has hailed Irvine’s Zimbabwe for embracing technology in a massive way that has …
January disease menace not yet over Herald 18/2/2020 January disease continues to wreak havoc on livestock farms Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight THIS past weekend I was in my rural home — Mhondoro in Mashonaland West Province. I was glad to notice that the greenery everybody had been dying to see had since returned to the …
Heavy rains wreak havoc countrywide Chronicle 18/2/2020 Harare Bureau HEAVY rains which have been pounding most parts of the country continue causing infrastructural damage while landslides in Vumba on Saturday blocked access to the iconic Leopard Rock Hotel, a favourite with tourists to the Eastern Highlands. Poor drainage systems in some parts of Harare …
Minister explains subsidised roller meal system Chronicle 18/2/2020 Prof Mthuli Ncube Farirai Machivenyika, Harare Bureau GOVERNMENT is next week expected to roll out the new targeted system for the distribution of subsidised roller meal to vulnerable groups with more work still needed to upgrade the database of urban beneficiaries to the standard already achieved with …